Book Workshop

Emotions in Jain Philosophy and Practice

Thursday, January 15 – Friday, January 16 | 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM


Green School International Pavilion (SIPA II, Room 102)
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199

Presented in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Uberoi Foundation for Religious Studies
Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, Dorothea Green Lecture Series, and Ruth K. & Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series


This book workshop, supported by the Jain Studies Program at FIU, University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Uberoi Foundation for Religious Studies, convenes scholars to examine how emotion is understood in Jain texts, ritual and lived experience. The workshop will directly support the development of an edited volume currently under contract with SUNY Press, allowing contributors to discuss their chapters, refine arguments and engage in focused conversation on the role of emotion in Jainism.

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9:30–10:00 AM - Breakfast


10:00–10:15 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:15–11:00 AM
Kristi Wiley (University of California, Berkeley, emeritus), “Emotions and Karma Theory”

Responders: Samani Pratibha Pragya, Ana Bajželj

11:00–11:45 AM
Ana Bajželj (University of California, Riverside), “Jain Conceptions of Carelessness (Pramāda)”

Responders: Kristi Wiley, Tillo Detige


11:45 AM–12:45 PM - Lunch


12:45–1:30 PM
Samani Pratibha Pragya (Florida International University), “Emotion of the Motionless: Exploring Ekendriya Jīvas in Jain Metaphysics”

Responders: Ana Bajželj, Gregory Clines

1:30 AM–2:15 PM
Sasha Restifo (Florida International University), “Pleasure and Pain: Reading the Kasāya-pāhuḍa and Its Commentaries”

Responders: Nandita Punj, Kristi Wiley


2:15–2:30 PM - Tea / Coffee Break


2:30–3:15 PM
John Cort (Denison University, emeritus), “‘Hail Hail Joy, Hail Hail Fortune:’ Reflections on Equanimity and Celebration in Jain Mendicant Funerary Practices”

Responders: Rahul Parson, Tillo Detige

3:15–4:00 PM
Tillo Detige (Rutgers University), “Reading Digambara Pūjās: Emotion, Equanimity, and Bliss”

Responders: John Cort, Raja Rosenhagen

4:00–4:45 PM
Nandita Punj
(Arizona State University), “Emotion and Devotion: Moods and Transitions in an Early Modern Jain Narrative Tale”

Responders: Sasha Restifo, Miki Chase


4:45–5:00 PM - Tea / Coffee Break


5:00-6:00 PM
Group Discussion


6:00 PM - Dinner